Lanterna is Henry Frayne, a journeyman guitarist who was in the shoegaze bands Area and The Moon Seven Times. But he struck out on his own years ago and began producing Americana-shaded, country-tinged guitar works, painting landscapes that seemed to rise out of the desert plains and roar down the SoCal surf guitar highway. He’s put out a string of wonderful albums including Desert Ocean and Highways. It’s been nine years since Lanterna released an album, but he’s finally returned with Backyards. Henry Frayne talks about his time away and the music it helped produce, a sound that was born on acoustic guitar. Hear it below or download from iTunes.